How to get ride of "Halimeda Plant"

[sitandwatch]

I have a lot of Halimeda growing and have to constantly prune its not really my friend

Any ideas on what will eat it? Or how I can remove it?

[wtym]

Great question! I have a ton of Halimeda as well. I've tried picking it/scrubbing it off of the rock but it always comes back.

[kien]

I had the same problem and heard that Blonde Naso tangs eat it so I gave one a shot. Yup. He mowed them down in no time. Pretty much the only fish that ever touched it (in my experience anyway).

edit: Scratch that ! Sorry, I got Halimeda confused with another macro algae that Blonde Naso Tangs eat. I in fact do not know what eats Halimeda. I do have it in my tank and no one eats it :( Pretty much just manually prune but thankfully they are easy to prune.

[sitandwatch]

It is easy to prune but its spreading and getting tougher.

Oh the biggest problem is the Niger trigger trying to eat me while I do it :cry:

[kien]

It is easy to prune but its spreading and getting tougher.

Oh the biggest problem is the Niger trigger trying to eat me while I do it :cry:

Ya, I have the same problem with my 4 stripe devil damsil :( I've now found it easier to let it grow into a massive ball and then prune by grabbing the entire ball and yanking it all up in one fell swoop, instead of trying to pick out smaller pieces :-)

[marie]

My regal angel eats it as well as my foxface

[Chris S]

Rabbitfishes (foxface as mentioned) and some large tangs (sometimes:wink:) will eat it.

[mark]

Have Purple and Regal Tangs plus a Foxface and none touched it. Has got to be one the easiest to control by pruning though.